Dapur Babah Elite & Tao Bar

BRUINE BONENSOEP

Red bean soup with beef rib, light & healthy

SOEP DJAMOER ES

Snow fungus clear soup combined with ear mushroom, fish ball, and green vegetables

WITTE RAGOUTSOUP

Unique soup of chicken, shrimpballs, champignon and doperwten, with the spices brought by VOC from Java

SOP BAKSO KEPITING

Crabmeat balls with Chinese angel-hair vermicelli noodles and vegetables

SOP MERAH BABAH

Njonja-style tomato soup with carrot, green peas, shrimpballs, meatballs, salted oxtongue, and crouton

BAKSO KOTA LAMA

Doeloe didjoeal dengen kereta portable rattan (rombong bamboo dengen koekoesan antik), pilian komplet, bakso daging, ikan, oedang, tahoe isi, mi aloesan empoek. In the old days sold on portable 'pikoelan' and 'rombong' bamboo with antique kettle, and you can choose from: meatball, fishball, prawnball, soft noodles.

SOP AJAM LENGKOEAS

Ada mirip rupa dengan soto, tapi tetep ada itu bedanya Chicken soup with galangal, looks like 'Indonesian Soto' but different

SOP SAJOER BENING BAJAM DJAGOENG

Light yet healthy, green, clear spinach and corn soup served with fricadel van djagoeng

PASTEL TOETOEP

Homemade Dutch-influenced slow-cooked potato pie, with glass noodles, carrots, ear fungus, salted ox tongue, boiled egg and snow peas

FRIKADEL VAN GROTE GARNALEN

Shrimp and potato cake, deep-fried in crunchy egg batter

FRIKADEL VAN KEPITING SOKA

Batter-fried crab and potato spiced cake in softcrab shells

MACCARONI SCHOTEL

Dutch influenced Babah style 'maccaroni and cheese', baked with ham and egg

PANGSIET

Crisp-fried dumplings, filled with shrimp and chicken and served with spiced sweet and sour sauce

SIO MOOAY

Steamed Babah shrimp dumplings, served with red chili or taoco sauce

BITTERBALLETJES

Round, slightly crunchy croquette potato balls fried in breadcrumbs and egg, with minced meat in creamy spring onions filling, served with yellow carrot and cucumber pickles or taoco sauce

CROQUETTEN VAN KIP EN GARNALEN

Warm croquettes filled with chicken and shrimps, served with yellow carrot and cucumber pickles

OEDANG BOLA

Crisp-fried, tasty prawn balls served with sweet and sour sauce

LOEMPIA BASAH

Steamed, soft spring rolls of bamboo shoots, chicken and shrimps, served with taoco sauce

LOEMPIA GORENG OF LOEMPIA SEMARANG

Old recipes of crispy spring rolls from Babah families in Semarang, Central Java, filled with bamboo shoots and shrimps, served with sweet and sour sauce

TAHOE GORENG PETIS

Fried tofu, served with smooth and slightly sweet shrimp black paste

TEMPEH MENDO VAN NJONJA OEN

It’s authentic local Tempeh fried in liquid dough, served with chili in sweet soybean sauce

FRIKADEL VAN DJAGOENG

Traditional corn fritter, served with sweet & sour sauce

KARE IKAN BATAVIA

Curry of fried salted codfish with blackbean cake and green vegetables

SATE SOTONG MASAK CABE DENGAN TERONG TEKOKAK

Cuttlefish satay with spicy 'takokak' eggplant sambal

OEDANG BESAR REBUS ASEM

Tamarind-spiced steamed prawns.

BANDENG ISI DAPUR BABAH

Stuffed milkfish served with lettuce and cucumber salad

GARANG ASEM BANDENG BLIMBING WOELOEH

Sort of sour and sweet fish soup, cooked with tamarind and 'blimbing woeloeh’

IKAN BRENGKES KELOEWEK DAOEN POEHOENG

'Kluwak'-marinated fish grilled in banana leaves

IKAN PARI MASAK TERONG

Hot and sour Indo-Pacific flat rayfish and eggplant, stewed in candlenut, Siamese ginger, red peppers, tamarind and lemongrass, served with steamed rice and Javanese Babah sambal homemade hot sauce

SAJOER PAKIS MASAK DENGEN IKAN TOENA CAKALANG

Ferns vegetable stir-fried in shallots and Skipjack Tuna

TAHOE TERONG BOEMBOE KARE

Tofu and eggplants in yellow curry sauce

SATE DAGING MANIS

Sweet beef on skewers

SATE DAGING BOEMBOE

Spices beef on skewers

SATE OEDANG BOEMBOE ROEDJAK

Shrimps in red coconut sauce

SATE IKAN KELAPA BLAMBANGAN

Fish skewers on lemongrass

SATE AJAM

/ Chicken satay

SATE TEMPEH BOEMBOE ROEDJAK

Soybean cake on skewers in red chili sauce

Ayam Kodok (For 2 – 3 person)

Whole chicken stuffed with chicken meat, chicken liver paste and doperwten, carrot served with huzaren sla and potato gratin

NASIK KARE KEPITING

Nasik poetih, soepit kepiting dimasak dengen boemboe kare djawa, oseng2 boentjis, seroendeng, sambel goreng kering tempe, abon, sambel trasi, dan kroepoek poeli
Crab claws cooked in Babah style curry sauce, served with sautéed green bean, marinated grated coconut, sautéed soybean cake, shredded dried beef, chili shrimp paste, and rice crackers

NASIK GOERIH BEBEK

Nasik goerih, bebek lengkoeas, tahoe telor ketjap, sambel goreng krecek lodeh boentjis, telor dadar, sambel teri lombok idjo, pejek gremot
Coconut rice mixed with fried duck marinated in galangal sauce, sautéed tofu and soybean cake in 'ketjap' sauce, marinated 'krecek' in special sauce, sautéed long bean with special sambel and small salted fish crackers

NASIK TJAMPOER BABAH

Nasik pandan, oedang goreng kering, seroendeng, sambel goreng kentang tahoe tempe, empal, sajoer lodeh, perkedel oedang, ajam tjotjoh, pejek, sambel trasi, atjar koening.
Pandanus rice mixed with nine kinds of lavish Javanese 'laoek paoek': crisp-fried shrimps, marinated grated coconut, sautéed tofu and soybean cake in 'ketjap' sauce, marinated beef, stewed vegetable in coconut milk, fricadel van garnalen, chicken cooked in chili sauce, peanut Javanese crackers, and special sambel

NASIK BOENGKOES AJAM GORENG BOEMBON

Njonja BABAH fried chicken recipe served with tomato sambal and steamed rice

NASIK AJAM BEKEM

Ajam dimasak dengen special boemboe rempah dan santen sampe empoek, dihidangken dengen oerap-oerap ndeso.
The speciality from Jombang in East Java Province, it is a half chicken in marinated coconut milk with special spice served with steamed rice and marinated vegetables in grated coconut

NASIK KERRI VAN KIP

Originally the Javanese chicken curry, this dish gradually changed in the Nyonya Babah kitchens, influenced by the Dutch eating culture of that time, adding potatoes and kaffir lime leaves and with lighter consistency, among others.

NASIK SMOOR LIDAH BABAH

Babah-influenced style oxtongue soup served with steamed rice, chili shrimp paste, cucumber, and “blindjo” crackers

NASIK SMOOR DAGING DAN KENTANG

Dutch-influenced Javanese-style beef onion soup with potatoes served with steamed rice

NASIK PINDANG TJOEMI-TJOEMI BOENGKOES DAOEN DJATI

Rice platter with special BABAH squid “pindang” recipe served with tofu, baby eggplant , spiced satay, chilli shrimp paste, prawn crackers, and wrapped in teak leaf

NASIK GORENG PERANAKAN BEBEK LENGKOEAS

Peranakan-style fried rice with galangal-marinated duck

TJWIEMIE MALANG

Tjwiemie Malang koeah sop atawa Tjwimie kering special resep monopoli Tugu (Mie kelas satoe homemade, ajam tjatjah, kripik-2 goerih, pangsiet telor asin masir, sajoer sawi seger,brambang goreng renjah, atjar,lombok ketjap asin, slada seger)
Tugu's Special homemade Babah noodles with or without soup, served with ground chicken, crispy crackers, salted duck egg, crisp-fried shallots, homemade pickles, soy sauce chili and fresh lettuce

BAKMIE GORENG BABAH

BABAH-style fried noodles with seafood

MISOAH TAO

This is a dish which was always present in Babah family gatherings a night before Chinese New Year, during the celebration to pay respect to the ancestors. Misoah are delicate, soft and thin rice noodles stewed with shrimps, crabmeat, oysters, dried salted squid, and 'oyong' Chinese vegetable in a homey clear soup.

MIE KOTJOK KANGKOENG

Mie kelas satoe, kangkoeng reboes, bakso tergantoeng pilian, teloer poejoeh, emping mlindjo, djoega ajam toemis lezat atawa djeroan ati
Local noodles with tropical water spinach, cooked in the special 'ketjap' sauce

GEGRILDE RIBBEN VAN CITADEL WEG

Indonesian spicy beef ribs with peanut sauce barbeque

HUTSPOT MET KLAPSTUK

Mashed potatoes with onion, carrot, and ground beef

RISOLES SALAD WITH MUSTARD SAUCE

Dutch-style risoles stuffed with prawns, served on the top of huzaren sla salad with pineapple, apple, cucumber, onion, carrot, potato, and mayonaisebased sauce

HUZAREN SLA

Dutch-style salad with roasted beef, pineapple, apple, cucumber, onion, carrot, potato, and mayonaise-based sauce

The traditional Dutch 'Biefstuk', or steak, had been adapted through the years in the houses of the njonja-njonja Babah. It is fried, and is served with a deliciously-spiced sauce. GALANTINE BIEFSTUK OEN

Fried stuffed beef burger with beef sausage served with fried potatoes, stringbeans, carrots, and brown sauce

BIEFSTUK LIDAH

Pan-fried oxtongue served with classic deliciously-spiced sauce, fried potatoes, stringbeans, carrots

BIEFSTUK COMPLEET OEN

Fried breaded snapper fish served with fried potatoes, stringbeans, carrot, and butter sauce

BIEFSTUK VAN KIP OEN

Fried breaded chicken served with fried potatoes, stringbeans, carrots, and brown sauce

LIDAH SAPI TERSELOEBOENG

Slow-cooked salted of tender ox tongue wrapped in minced beef, served with maccaroni and steamed vegetables

DAGING GOELOENG BOENGKOES OEDANG
DJAMOEAN ROEMAH PASOEROEAN

A Babah-recipe of a delicious modified 'schnitzel': thinly-sliced rolls of tenderloins wrapped in minced shrimps with cheese in the middle, batter-fried in egg and breadcrumbs. Served with steamed vegetables and potatoes chateaux

DAGING GORENG LAPIS HAM DALAM KRANDJANG

Pan-fried tenderloin wrapped in beef bacon, thinly sliced, served with spinach in a basket, with boiled egg and mushroom sauce

WIENERSCHNITZEL OEN

Fried breaded beef tenderloin served with fried potatoes, stringbeans, carrots, and brown sauce

GESTOOMDE VISCH

Steamed “patin” fish with broccoli, carrot and baked potato

BEBEK PANGGANG BABAH

Roasted duck served with spiced salt and hoisin sauce

HTIM IKAN GURAMI JAMUR TUNGKU

Delicious steamed carp fish cooked with chinese mushroom and ginger (20 minutes time)

SAPO SCALLOP

Stir-fried scallops with tofu and vegetables

DAGING SAPI LADA HITAM

Blackpepper beef cooked in Babah-style

TIM OEDANG WINDOE BOENGKOES DAOEN

Steamed prawns stuffed with sesame seeds, ginger, lemongrass, and coriander leaves served in a banana leaf

OEDANG TJABE

Crisp fried prawns with chili and spiced salt

AYAM PONGTEH BABAH

Ayam Pongteh is a tasty dish with fermented soybean sauce, has its origin in Chinese cuisine with the addition of Peranakan spices

AYAM HONG

The same recipe with the famous Babi Hong but it is chicken!
With five kind of spices and sweet soybean sauce

TJOEMI TJABE TIOEBIN

Crispy fried squid with red chili, onion, garlic, and spiced salt

NASIK GORENG KEPITING

Seafood fried rice with crab meat, fish, shrimp, green peas, and crisp fried shrimp wonton

KANGKOENG TAOTJO OEDANG

Stir-fried watercress with prawn in fermented soybean sauce

TAHOE MASAK TAOTJO LOMBOK IDJO

Tofu sautéed with dried baby shrimp and green chilli in fermented soybean sauce

IKAN GORENG MOELET GARING BOEMBON

Crispy fried fish marinated with special local spices with grated coconut

BEBEK GORENG BOEMBOE LENGKOEAS

Half fried duck marinated in our special galangal sauce

SOP BOENTOET REMPAH TUGU

Tugu's special recipe oxtail soup

NASIK RAWON BOENTOET

Malang-style beef oxtail soup served with steamed rice, prawn crackers, salted duck egg and sambal

BRONGKOS DAGING

“Kluwak” nut is very popular in Nonya cooking. This special meat dish becomes very interested by a complex taste from meat, kluwak and “tolo” beans.

BALIE BANDENG DOERI LOENAK

Milkfish with edible soft bones slow-cooked in red chili sauce

NASIK RAWON SPECIAL TUGU

Malang-style beef soup served with steamed rice, prawn crackers, and salted duck egg

NASIK GORENG BANG SAMIN

Javanese village style fried rice with chicken, noodles, cabbage, boiled eggs, and crackers

ROEDJAK TJINGOER

A popular East Javanese 'socializing' dish with tofu, soybean cake, beef and flour crackers, served with black shrimp paste sauce

OSENG-OSENG GENDJER DENGEN TEMPE KATJANG

Wild stir-fried 'gendjer' (a rare exotic vegetable), seasoned with various island spices

GADO-GADO ATIM

Traditional Indonesian vegetable salad with rice cake (lontong), Fried tofu, soybean cake, boiled eggs, shrimp crackers, cooked potatoes and served with sweet peanut sauce

PETJEL PINTJOEK

Originally an Indonesian breakfast item, it's now an all-day favorite. Steamed rice with vegetables, sweet potato fricadel, peanut cracker, fried marinated beef, and peanut sauce, served on traditional banana leaf

BOTOK TAWON

Steamed of bee hive marinated with local spices mixed with baby starfruit in grated coconut wrapped in banana leaf

MATJEM-MATJEM SAMBEL

Sambel Goreng Tempe, Katjang, Teri Bilis

Sambel Teri Lombok Idjo
Sambel Badjak
Sambel Terong Sambel Trasi

MATJEM-MATJEM KROEPOEK

Pejek Teri, Pejek Katjang, Pejek Gremoet

Kroepoek Poeli
Kroepoek Kampoeng
Kroepoek Oedang
Kroepoek Ikan
Kroepoek Blindjo

PENTJOETJI MOELOET – DESSERTS APELFLAPPEN

Apple pancake with cinnamon and vanilla ice cream

KLAPPERTAART

Homemade old-style young coconut and vanilla cake to transport you back home and back in time

OLIEBOLLEN

Delicious warm round ball-shaped cakes, filled with apple, raisins, covered with powdered sugar outside

ONTBIJKOEK KENARI

An old-style Njonja BABAH palm sugar cake influenced by Dutch

BOEBOER SOEMSOEM PANDAN DENGEN KLAPA MOEDA

Javanese pandanus dessert with coconut milk and palm sugar

BOEAH-BOEAH MOESIMAN

Twelve kinds of tropical fruit in season

PISANG GORENG RADJA

a special fried banana from a certain “pisang radja”

ANGSLE MALANG

A coconut milk-based Malang specialty that is only sold in evenings

WEDANG RONDE

BABAH-style, sweet ginger dessert with little rice flour balls filled with grilled nuts. Served hot

KOEWEH SRIKAJA MET KETAN

Coconut and palm sugar flan on sticky rice, traditionally carried door-to-door by women vendors

PISANG REBUS ENTEN-ENTEN

Boiled sweet bananas filled with grated coconut in palm sugar, traditionally served by the mothers in the Babah families in the late afternoon

MATJEM-MATJEM ES KRIM BOEATAN ROEMA SENDIRI

Es Krim Teh Idjo (green tea) / Es Krim Tjoklat (chocolate) / Es Krim Vanilla (vanilla)

MATJEM-MATJEM PUDDING BOEATAN ROEMA SENDIRI

Klapper Melkpudding / Chocoladepudding / Caramelpudding

ES KEMBANG TAHU

Lotus seed, tofu pudding, snow fungus, longan and 'selasih' seed

ES TJAMPOER BABAH

Young coconut, 'selasih' seed, green cincau, tropical fruit in season

ES SHANGHAI

Kolang-kaling, black cincau, fresh tropical fruit

ES ROEMPOET LAOET

Refreshing seagrass, nuts, and lotus seed in sweet ginger

ES KELAPA MOEDA

Fresh young coconut with palm sugar

ES DAWET TJENDOL MET KETAN ITEM

Pandanus rice flour 'dawet', mixed with fermented black sticky rice, coconut milk, liquid palm sugar